Spoon



Nov. 18, 1930. E. M. BOLTON SPOON Filed May 27, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet l Nov. 18, 1930. E, M, BOLTON 1,781,973

I SPOON Filed May 27, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Emil-2mm Patented Nov. 18, 1930 I g 1,781,973. I j

UNITED STATES PATENT- orries f] EDITH MARY BOLTON, or enrmann s ortoss, ENGLAND SPOON Application filed May 27, 1929, Serial no. ,seasea'a a' in Gm Britain January 28, 1929.

This invention comprises a spoon, for 'culinary and other purposes, provided with a series of holes pierced in its bowl from the 1nner or concave surface thereof to displace '5 metal to form cutting edges on its concave surface whereby the spoon may be used as a shredder or grater.

The grating surface is thus available for operating upon pieces of material of any size and form as for example forming bread crumbs from a loaf of bread, the grating surface being adapted to enter into a hollow'in the loaf; and as will be readily understood" the same adaptability applies to its usein the hollows formed in any other substances.

The holesin the spoon are 'made of any.

convenient shape but are preferably square or triangular and are formed in such a way that the material cut or pressed out to form a hole is left projecting outwardly from the edge of the hole in the form of sharp points upon the outer surface of the spoon.

Preferably two or more series of different sized holes are formed in any one spoon. The

holes are not necessarily square or triangular,

they may be elongated, and the metal displaced may project on one side only of the hole and in this case the bent out portion may be set to any desired angle, and may be bent to any desired shape to suit any specific grat ing or shredding purposes. Y

The spoon thus constructed may have hooks or prongs projecting from or formed within its bowl area and at any convenient point in the edge thereof. .In the preferred form the outer edge of the hook or prong conforms to the periphery of the spoon.

Theinvention may-be appliedto any form ofspoonsuch as in ordinary use as well as to the particular preferred form herein described.

My invention may stood by reference to the attached drawings in which made according to this invention.

Fig. 2 is a view of the'oute'r side. Fig.

form of spoon.

or prong Rthe outer edge of which conforms to the curvature of the edge of the bowl area, and I- may make these hooks or prongs to project away from the handle OltOWEtldS'tllB.

- I Imake one of the edges such as '2" dished be more fully under- Fig. 1 is a view of the inner side of aspoon 3. is-a section through the line A-l3 Fig. 4 shows the inner side of a modified Fig.6 is a section through q 1 j Figs. and 8 show further modification.

.Referring'to Figures .2 and 3,1I'form holes 72. preferably square, as j shown, in the bowl portion of a spoon in such-'"amanner I that pieces of the metal displaced project in triangular form with points h h on each side of the hole and on the outer side s. of the spoon. The points thus formed by the series of holes constitute the spoon a grater for grating any desiredmaterial for culinary purposes.

I'SOIIlGtlIHGS make the holes triangular and c may make them of any convenient shape. and I may'vary the size of the holes so that two or moreseries ofholes of different sizes may be formed in'aspoon to constitute a coarse or fine grater as shown'at 7c is.

I sometimes make holes of irregular shape may be seen for example in Figs; 4 and 5 and "6 the metal displaced .being' here shown as .an inclined and curvedor arcuate projection '17 on'jthe outer surface of the spoon. A. spoon thus formed is of special use for 'cut-- ting or shreddingsuch articles as suet and soap and root vegetables. j

I sometimes form within the bowl area of a spoon ofthe type herein-described a hook handle as shown in Fig. 7 or I may make one F. to project towards from the handle. I may also make hooks or prongs projecting outwardly from the periphery of the bowl in any desired direction.

upwards as shown in section Fig. 3, while the opposite edge 7"" is straight or. is formed with a cutting edge or with a series of teeth or serrations as shown in Fig. 8.

WhatIclaim is:- V 1- 95 1. A culinary utensil including a spoon like bowl having one side edge abruptly curved and the remaining side edge substanitially flat, said bowl having grater. punchings extending from the convex surface of Fig.5 is a section of same through C D, Y

the handleand one away' the bowl and increasing in size by regular gradation from the fiat to the curved side of the bowl.

2. A culinary utensil including a spoon like bowl having one side edge abruptly curved and the remaining side edge substantially flat, said bowl having grater punchings extending from the convex surface of the bowl andincreasing in size by regular gradation from the flat to the curved side of the bowl, the spacings. betweensaidxipunchings lncreasing in distance from the flat to the curved edge of the bowl. 7

3. A culinary utensil including a spoon like bowl having one side edge abruptly curried and the remaining side edge sub-stantially' flat, said bowl having grater punch ngs extending from the convex surface of the .boWl,. said -.p unchings being arranged in strai ht rows parallel to thelongitudinal azgis of the bowl, the punchingsin alternate rows being staggered in position, said punchings being of the same sizein .each rowbut increasing in size roe by-rowfroni the to the curved edge of the bowl.

4. A culinaryntensil including-a spoon like bowl having one side edge abruptly curved and the remaining side edge snbstane tially fiat, said bowl having grater punchings extending from the convex surface of the bowl, said punchings being arranged in straight rows parallel y axis of the bowl, the punchings in alternate rows being staggered in position, said punch-i ings being of the same size in each row but increasing in size row by row from the flat to the curved edge of the bowl, said rows being spaced gradually further apart from the at to the curved side of the rows and the spaces between the punchings likewise increasingrow by row from. the flat to the curved edge of the bowl. l f i In Witness WlIGISQiC: I have, signed this specification.

- EDITH MARY BOLTON.

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